Congratulations to Katelyn Wig-

gins and Tess Jorris for being two

of only 183 girls in Brea to sell

between 150 and 300 boxes of

cookies! Congratulations to Tay-

lor Chau for being one of only 23

girls in Brea to sell between 300

and 350 boxes! Congratulations

to Zoe Tschumper for being one

of only 5 girls in Brea to sell

between 450 and 500 boxes of

cookies!

Although our troop did not earn

all bonuses, Brea did have 34

troops earn all bonuses! We were,

unfortunately, ineligible for all

bonuses because we are a new

troop. If we do nut sales in the

fall we will be eligible for all

bonuses during cookie sales next

year!

Every girl in our troop has been

awarded at least the minimum

prize level, so everyone can ex-

pect to get prizes and patches in

the coming weeks!

Prizes were ordered on

Wednesday and the order was

turned in to council on Thursday.

I am told that we can expect to

receive the prizes in one to two

months. Until then, we’ll just

excitedly wait! Congratulations,

everyone, on a GREAT cookie

sale!

The Girl Scouts Council of Or-

ange County set a city-wide goal

for Brea to sell 4700 cases of Girl

Scout Cookies this year. The

numbers are in for all troops and

Brea sold a total of 5409 cases

this year!

Last year, Brea sold 4476 cases.

That’s almost 1000 cases more

this year! Council believes, and I

agree, that this is because we now

have the cookies on had rather

than having to take pre-orders!

Our troop was one of 23 troop in

Brea to sell over 1500 boxes. The

average number of boxes sold per

girl in Brea was 155 boxes. Our

average was 168 boxes per girl!

Great job, 2375ers!

Next week we will be learning

about our bodies. We will learn

how to love ourselves and how

to embrace our differences.

We will also have a very special

craft from Katelyn Wiggins next

week.

See you all very soon!

This week in Girl Scouts we

learned about Girl Scout tra-

ditions and history. We

started with making sit-upons.

A sit-upon is a mat that girl

scouts make to protect them-

selves from the wet or dirty

ground. We made ours out of

tarp, yarn, and newspapers.

The girls are welcome to

bring these to meetings if

they’d like to!

We then moved on to making

smores. For some girls, this

was their first experience with

smores! We all loved our ex-

tra special treat.

We also learned about the

history of Girl Scout cookies.

You’ll find a recipe for an

early version of the Girl Scout

cookie on page 3 of this

week’s newsletter.

We spent the last few minutes

of our meeting making a

flowery craft. What a great

week!

Cookie Prizes

Have Been

Ordered

This Week in Girl Scouts

G I R L S C O U T T R O O P

2 3 7 5

The 2375 Times M A R C H 1 7 , 2 0 1 1 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 7

S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

Cookie

Prizes Have

Been Or-

dered

Successful

Sale for Brea

Next Week

in Girl Scouts

This Week in

Girl Scouts

Photos from

Booth Sales

Photos from

3/17 Meeting

Coloring

Activity

Successful Sale for Brea

Next Week in

Girl Scouts

P A G E 2

“Obsticles are

those freightful

things you see

when you take

your eyes off of

your goal.”

-Henry Ford

Final Booth Sales

T H E 2 3 7 5 T I M E S

Pictures from our March 17 Meeting

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 7

Early Girl Scout

Cookie Recipe

1 cup Butter

1 cup sugar plus additional amount for topping

(optional)

2 eggs

2 tablespoons milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

Cream butter and the cup of sugar; add well

beaten eggs, then milk, vanilla, flour, salt, and

baking powder. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

Roll dough, cut into trefoil shapes, and sprinkle

sugar on top, if desired. Bake in a quick oven

(375 degrees) for approximately 8 to 10 min-

utes or until the edges begin to brown. Makes

six– to seven-dozen cookies.

“I am always

doing things I

can’t do,

that’s how I

get to do

them.”

-Pablo

Picasso

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!!